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Nah, Allah actually uses in the Qur'an those kind of mentions and references without naming people but that everyone understands, and at the same time, the surah is appliable for all times and the words possess several timeless meaningsThe Quran consists of revelations from God to the Prophet. Why would this chapter be revealed to anyone else? Otherwise it would have named the person in question as it always does in the Qur'an.
For example, the small surah Al Kawthar, Allah says (Interpretation of the meaning)
1.Verily, We have granted you Al-Kauthar (a river in Paradise);
2. Therefore turn in prayer to your Lord and sacrifice (to Him only).
3. For he who makes you angry - he will be cut off (the word used is abtar, and he will be cut off or severed from every good thing in this world and in the Hereafter).
Here a tafsir: "It is reported by Ibn Abi Hatim (رح) ، on the authority of Suddi, and by Baihaqi, in Dala'il-un- Nubuwwah, on the authority of Muhammad Ibn Ali Ibn Husain, that the arabs used to taunt and revile people who have lost their male offspring. They used to refer to such a person as 'abtar', meaning 'having no male offspring'. In keeping with this social evil, when the young son of the Prophet ﷺ ، namely Qasim passed away, some leaders of Quraish, especially ` As Ibn Wh'il, started taunting the Prophet ﷺ telling the people that they no longer need to bother about him, because he had no sons to carry on his name and that he would be forgotten after his death; he is 'abtar', that is, his lineage is cut off."
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